hardened

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Sticking to largely sycophantic media who lobbed softball questions hardened his ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

But the conflict hardened political and diplomatic estrangement, leaving little space even for limited normalisation.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

But that dinner, more than anything else, adds a hardened glaze of insult to Megan’s allegation that Thompson cheated on her.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

This only accelerated the PCC’s national expansion and hardened its resolve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Day after day, the winter sun had melted the snow on the eastward-facing slope, and the night frosts had hardened it, until it was a solid, frozen, glittering wall.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong